Da Cubs and Da Bears
27 November 2006
Last Thursday there was an interesting debate on MSNBC on the future of the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs are currently owned by The Tribune, a large newspap…
From Russia With Lean
22 November 2006
As if Ford and GM didn't have enough problems. The November 20th issue of Business Week has an article on GAZ, the large Russian auto maker, and s…
Innovation and Lean Product Development
21 November 2006
Every issue of the Wall Street Journal is filled with stories of innovation... primarily companies trying to "innovate" their way out of com…
The Speed of Chaos
20 November 2006
Sometimes we just can't help but be ahead of our time. Almost six months ago I told you about my experience driving in Italian traffic. The lack o…
Keeping It Simple
20 November 2006
Many of you that get the Sunday paper may have seen John Maeda's article on How To Keep It Simple in the last Parade magazine insert. Mr. Maeda is…
The Lean MBA
18 November 2006
Last week we discussed how Forbes in one article asked a question on why GM and Ford aren't competitive and then answered it in a separate article…
Peanut Butter and Lean at Yahoo
18 November 2006
Yahoo has always been one of the stars of the internet world, and one of the few that survived the "great reconciliation of 2001" when illus…
A Presumption of Imperfection
17 November 2006
Charles Fishman has an article in the upcoming December/January issue of Fast Company, this one titled No Satisfaction. In it he dives into Toyota'…